CloudQuell vs Costory

Costory is our product.

The short answer

Choose CloudQuell if: you want cost ingestion across AWS, Azure, GCP, Anthropic, OpenAI and Snowflake, rule-based allocation, savings recommendations and an MCP server, on flat monthly tiers by spend band.

Choose Costory if: you want Virtual Dimensions, deploy and CI/CD context next to cost, Slack and Grok Bot, and flat plans with a 30-day free trial.

Side by side

Where CloudQuell is strong

CloudQuell describes daily cost telemetry normalized into one schema, tag coverage with rule-based allocation, ranked savings recommendations and read-only setup in about 15 minutes, with flat monthly tiers by spend band. That fits teams that want a simple, low-cost start on cloud and AI spend.

Where Costory is different

• Allocation first: Virtual Dimensions map accounts, projects, labels and tags to teams and features, even with incomplete tagging.

• Explanations, not just numbers: cost changes are shown next to deploys, incidents and usage metrics.

• Works where your team already is: Slack digests and alerts in the channel you choose (for example #finops), and Claude, Claude Code, Cursor and Grok Bot via MCP.

• Flat pricing: Copilot €250/month, Copilot Pro €1,000/month, billed annually, with a 30-day free trial and a connection in under 30 minutes.

What Costory does not do

• It does not buy Reserved Instances or Savings Plans for you.

• It does not apply automated rightsizing.

• It does not get write access to your cloud accounts (MCP actions create Costory objects only: alerts, reports, dashboards, events).

Can you use both?

Often, yes. Many teams keep their provider's native tools for account-level detail and use Costory for cross-provider allocation, reporting and AI-assisted investigations.

FAQ

Should I use CloudQuell or Costory?

It depends. CloudQuell fits teams that want a straightforward, flat-tier start on cloud and AI spend with ranked savings recommendations. Costory fits teams that want Virtual Dimensions, deploy and CI/CD context next to cost, and answers in Slack and their AI assistant.

How does CloudQuell's pricing compare with Costory's?

CloudQuell publishes flat monthly tiers by spend band, including a free plan under $10K of monthly spend and a 14-day trial; see their pricing page for current amounts. Costory has two flat plans, Copilot at €250/month and Copilot Pro at €1,000/month, billed annually, with a 30-day free trial.

Can I use CloudQuell and Costory together?

Often, yes, though many teams will pick one. If you run both, CloudQuell can cover its savings recommendations while Costory covers cross-provider allocation and AI-assisted investigations. Costory does not buy Reserved Instances or Savings Plans and does not apply automated rightsizing.

How long does Costory take to set up, and where is my data hosted?

Under 30 minutes to connect your billing exports and the MCP, with Terraform or CloudFormation. Your first recommendation comes the next day, once the first billing data lands. A 30-day free trial is available. Costory hosts customer data in the EU, and access to your cloud accounts is read-only (billing and usage exports).